Premiere saves both recent files and recent projects in the file menu, so you'll no longer have to hunt for your projects each time you open the program. Project export means you don't have to render an intermediate AVI or MOV file for input into a third-party encoder, saving time and disk space, while Cleaner's unified compression interface simplifies multiple format distribution.įinally, during tests on a laptop with a Microsoft OHCI DV card and a desktop with Pinnacle Systems-DV 500, Premiere 6.0 was almost crash-free.
You can export your project to the bundled Media 100 Cleaner EZ for encoding into virtually any distribution format or to modules for Real Media or Microsoft's Windows Media Technologies. On one test project, Premiere 5.1 created 207 temporary files while 6.0 created only 19. When outputting back to DV tape, Premiere 6.0 now produces fewer temporary files, saving rendering time and disk requirements. Adobe also throws in SmartSound from Sonic Desktop, the easiest program on the planet for creating background music tracks. Premiere now supports DirectX audio filters, so you can use your filters from Sound Forge and other programs directly on the timeline. All modifications transfer to the rubber band controls beneath the audio track for fine tuning. Using the mixer, you play your project back in real time, adjusting the volume or left/right pan as you go. The most unique new feature in Premiere 6.0 is the audio mixer, which displays all audio tracks together with volume and pan controls. You will appreciate the ability to preview color, saturation, and other similar video adjustments directly on an NTSC monitor, which is generally more accurate than computer monitors for tape-bound productions. Premiere also includes more than 25 video effects from Adobe AfterEffects. Double-click on an asset created in supported applications like PhotoShop and Illustrator and Premiere will load the program, allow you to edit the asset, and then save the modified content to the timeline. Changes include a view identifying key frame locations for filters and other effects.
The timeline itself is similar to Premiere 5.1. While you'll still likely have to trim heads and tails, this provides a valuable rough cut of your production. You can arrange your clips in the new Storyboard window, preview them in sequence, and drop them into the timeline with a standard transition between them.
Following details on Adobe's Web site, we successfully swapped drivers with our Newer Technology PC Card FireWire 2 Go for Windows. Premiere, however, will not work with the older Texas Instruments DV drivers. In addition, presets for different DV cameras boost capture accuracy and efficiency. Support for devices compatible with Microsoft's OHCI drivers (Open Host Controller Interface), enabling broad compatibility with inexpensive DV devices, is included as well. Premiere's logging and batch capture interface is more consolidated and intuitive than before. For example, Premiere includes four canned workspaces for single- and dual-track editing and applying audio and video effects, which we found useful. Hoping to avoid an even more cluttered interface, Adobe introduced a new "workspace" feature for configuring and saving window positioning and palette selection for different editing tasks. Adobe has also added a history window containing up to 99 of your last edit points. The new effects/info window displays the effects applied to individual clips, with one-click access to setup controls. New in 6.0 is a transitions, audio, and video effects window that groups effects rather than listing them alphabetically and provides a handy search feature.
The Adobe-ization of Premiere is immediately apparent, with a bin window borrowed from AfterEffects and the familiar tabbed window approach from Illustrator and PhotoShop.
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